Meant For This is a motivational and workshop-style podcast designed to help you fight for humanity and liberation in the world. Here, we deconstruct systems, thoughts, and ideas that have been holding us back from who we are called to be by having tough conversations that intersect faith, self-worth, social justice, mental health, careers, and more. Join writer, speaker, and educator Caroline J. Sumlin as she invites you to rediscover yourself, reclaim the freedom you are worth, and change the world with one simple faith-filled act of resistance at a time.
Episodes
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
When I wrote the title of the episode, I couldn't help but think about several comments I've received on posts I've written on Instagram that usually read something along the lines of, "you will really blame everything on white supremacy, won't you?"
The answer? Yes, yes I will. At least, almost everything. Everything that has to do with society and culture and in our modern, western world. Because it's true. It is factual and provable. Our modern society was built on the premise of white, Christian dominion over all things "good" and everyone else being exploited in order to ensure the "goodness" remained in the "right" hands. As a result, we are left here: dealing with the tragic consequences of white supremacy culture that are practically killing us.
In this episode, we're talking about the pressure to do it all, how "doing it all" is a symptom of white supremacy culture and a brief history of how it all started. Tune in to find out that it's really not you, it's society.
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Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
In this episode, you will learn the truth about how White Supremacy is at the core of western Christianity. I won't give too much away in the show notes. Just tune in!
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Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
On this much-anticipated episode of the Meant For This Podcast, Caroline J. Sumlin gets vulnerable as she shares what led to her begin deconstructing her faith after nearly 15 years of devotion to Christianity. Caroline still identifies as a follower of Jesus, as that will never change, but is committed to the practices of unlearning toxic and harmful theology that Western/American Christianity has taught her.
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Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
White Supremacy Culture is ingrained into every fiber of our society, so much so that its normalization makes it almost invisible. However, once you see it, you can't unsee it. And once you can't unsee it, you'll do anything to divest from it.
In this episode, we will be discussing how white supremacy culture is the reason we struggle so much with our self-worth, as its harmful standards and lies of perfection have infiltrated our neuropathways from every corner of our culture.
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Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
If you've ever wondered why we often capitalize the B in Black when referring to Black people but do not capitalize the W in white when referring to white people, then this minisode is for you. Take a quick listen to not only learn the importance of culture and heritage to the Black community but to be challenged to reconnect with whatever your cultural heritage is and put your heritage above our society's constant pursuit of whiteness. In this episode, the fearmongering myth about being ashamed of being white will be busted and replaced with the truth about what whiteness means and why it is harming us all.
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Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Welcome to Season 3 of the Meant For This podcast! If you are new here, welcome! If you're an OG listener, welcome back to a brand new, fully re-branded show! In the season opener, I am spilling all the tea about where I disappeared for the past several months, why and how my content changed, and what you can expect from me moving forward. While I have chosen to keep the name, 'Meant For This,' for my show, you will no longer find this show categorized under motherhood or faith. Meant For This is now self-help meets society and culture meets social justice with the goal of helping you declare your liberation from the toxic systems in our society while fighting for the liberation of the most marginalized among you. As I mention in the intro, the goal is the change the world one act of resistance at a time.
Today also marks the official launch of my new Patreon community. If you'd like to support my work, you can do so for as little as $3/month. Click here for more info and to get all the perks that come with being a member of the Patreon community.
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Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
In this episode of the Meant For This Podcast, you will be empowered and equipped to boldly go after what God is stirring in your heart and use the voice He has given you to live loudly and unashamed for His glory. You have a calling and you were given a voice for a reason. It's time to stop hiding behind it.
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Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
On this episode of the Meant For This podcast, we are welcoming Toni-Ann Mayembe from Real Happy Mom podcast to the show to talk about this concept of being a "good mom" and how we need to stop being so hard on ourselves and calling ourselves bad moms every time we make a mistake or have a not-so-good parenting day.
This episode is the perfect refresher for every mama who's in the thick of it right now and needs a reminder that she is doing a good job.
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
In this episode of the Meant For Motherhood podcast, we are diving into the Kingdom work God has for you and how to begin stepping into it fully and boldly in every area you called. That's both in and out of the home, mama.
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Friday Mar 26, 2021
Friday Mar 26, 2021
In this episode of Meant For This, we are diving into understanding the complexities around our calling as women, mothers, creatives, workers, and more. I share with you about the journey God has taken me on with discovering a bit of my own calling and how I can help you do the same. We also discuss the importance of breaking free from a false narrative of mothers just being mothers and uncover why we are hanging on to this belief in the first place.
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